Everywhere a Sign – Some Q Signs From 2018 #AtoZChallenge

It is a challenge to find signs and places that begin with Q.  This post only has one.  So, for fun, I am also adding a Quirky Quickies section to the post…a number of quirky or otherwise interesting photos from the road that didn’t really fit into any of my other A to Z Challenge posts.  It will be a quick read with quaint and quirky and maybe even quizzical signs.  I hope they quench your travel fancy.  Enjoy the Read. Enjoy the Ride.

The Queen City, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Queen City sign taken from way up high, Cincinnati, Ohio
Another view of the Queen City sign

Cincinnati is a beautiful city.  I really love taking trips up to this beautiful city on the Ohio River.   The city has been nicknamed The Queen City and the Queen of the West since around 1820, only a few short years after the city was incorporated in 1802 (the city was first settled in the 1780s).   One possible birth of this nickname likely came from writer Ed B. Cooke of the (then) Inquisitor and Cincinnati Advertiser wherein he wrote in the May 4, 1819 edition of the paper:

The City is, indeed, justly styled the fair Queen of the West: distinguished for order, enterprise, public spirit, and liberality, she stands the wonder of an admiring world.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow also mentioned it in his poem Catawba.

Quirky and Quick Signs From the Road

A fun little view of some of the more offbeat things I see while on the road

Unique We’re Open sign from Decatur, Texas
Social Vegan sign, seen in Houston, Texas
Boomerang Diner… I guess it’ll make you wanna come back? Taken in Shawnee, Oklahoma
The Local Wag, a dog place in Lexington, Kentucky
No Spitting sign , Doolittle, Missouri
Be-Sure In-Sure sign, Carmine, Texas
I’m Melting on an old movie marquis in Austin, Texas
BBQ Shit is one of many products by Special Shit products of Big Cock Ranch in Austin, Texas. Really!
Please Pick Up in Uranus, Missouri
Black Bear Motel Be Nice sign, at Belle Inn in Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Dr. Pierce’s Barn Sign – a magic potion! Taken in Waterville, Washington
Brothel sign at Black Bear Motel in Davenport, Washington
Old theater turned in Magic Mirror Beauty Salon in Wilbur, Washington
Chicken Plop in Brothers, Oregon
Antique Archaeology van, Le Claire, Iowa
Open sign in Uranus, Missouri
Fresh Shrimp, right off of the boat! Biloxi, Mississippi
Seen at a Walgreen’s in Cypress, Texas in mid-July 2018. Check out the temperature!
LOVE sign — all you need is LOVE. Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Belcherville Cemetery, Belcherville, Texas…population 34
Bull Frog Brand Juice sign on a wall in Rayne, Louisiana — Frog Capital of the World
Found this sign at a place in Telephone, Texas
April 20 is coming…. In Colorado that means the 420 Fest, Taken in Manitou Springs, Colorado
We have all seen Attorney Billboards. How about THIS Attorney? David Komie, the Attorney that rocks! Austin, Texas
Always Carry Cash on a road trip. Some places don’t take credit cards. This sign was at Voodoo Doughnut, in Austin, Texas
You need to watch your children on road trips….or else…. Taken at Star Pizza in Houston, Texas

Like what you see? Well, there is lots more!  I currently have two books about offbeat and quirky places to take on your road trips. You can see both of my books at http://amzn.to/2ks6fQZ. Working on Book 3, coming in late Spring 2019!!

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